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In The Woods

Tana French

3.71 AVERAGE

mysterious tense
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Came for the foresty archaology vibes, stayed for Cassie Maddox. I was along for the ride and pretty invested in figuring out the puzzle, especially swept up in the two timelines. I don’t know much about being a detective but I think this requires quite a lot of suspending disbelief (Ryan on the case in the first place most pressingly). 

This is only my second TF book, but in both, she’s excellent at writing men you kinda hate but are still invested in, which is impressive. 

Also, a wonderful wonderful intro description of Dublin summertime. 

The first 2/3 were great...
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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The writing is fine, I’m just not huge into detective mysteries. After getting 1/4 of the way through I wasn’t vibing with it. I’m withholding a rating as I knew I might not finish it

the ending is absolute bullshit.